>With a desktop G4 on the way, wonder now what's the simplest possible
>way to connect the two machines. Will Firewire PC card to the G4
>Firewire port work? Is it the simplest way? What cable would it
>require? The 2400 is cardbus upgraded, & has a Farallon Network PC
>Card. That's about it. Thanks for any and all info.
>--
>ron s
ETHERNET:
In my opinion, Ethernet would be the most "common" method, with the
most accessible instructions and support. Depending on your Farallon
card, you will get either 10Kbps speed, or 100Kbps ("Fast"), or
1000Kbps ("Gigabit").
FIREWIRE:
Unless you have "Gigabit" Ethernet speed, FireWire would be the best,
as far as speed (though I have not as yet tried it myself). Ideally,
you would get 400Kbps (see below for caveats), and when Gigabit
FireWire is introduced ("soon"), 1000Kbps. I am also told that
"FireNet" is more reliable than Ethernet.
This is a "new" capability, for Macs, and I'm hoping it's terrific.
Here's what I "know" so far (un-tested personally):
[The information below is quoted (hopefully accurately) from the
website and telephone tech support resources mentioned below. I
would WELCOME any corrections or additions to this information,
especially from people who have actually tried this technology, or,
seen it work (please specify), or, of course, from the company who
enables it all (Unibrain). (I will forward a copy of this message to
them with an invitation to correct it.)]
__ You would use a normal FireWire cable, no hubs necessary, no extra
hardware at all.
__ Download the software (for free) from
http://www.Unibrain.com.
__ For Free, you will be able to communicate between your computers
for 30 minutes between reboots.
__ For $49/machine licence, there will be no time limit.
__ You will need to have at least OS9 and and Apple's "FireWire
Support 2.5" on both machines. Because of "Personal File Sharing"
limitations inherent in OS9.x (in the "multi-homing" domain), you
will only get a maximum of 100Kbps (I am led to believe that this
limitation is similar using Ethernet also -- has anyone tried Gigabit
Ethernet on OS9, and achieved an ACTUAL throughput larger than
2-300Kbps??)
You can evidently get around this limitation by using AppleShare IP,
IP NetRouter, or a product by Vicomsoft, all of which address the
"multi-homing" problem. (AirPort comes automatically with IP Net
Router software, by the way.)
BEST would be to run OS X, which evidently dispenses with Open
Transport, Personal File Sharing, and AppleTalk, and which has all
the correct stuff to take full advantage of maximum speed, without
any additional software.
__ Very friendly (and seemingly knowledgeable) human tech support is
available at 925-866-3000.
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OK -- any corrections, additions??
I'm not in any way related to this company, and would sure like for
someone else to try it first!
Chris.
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